Benefit pros on the move: Mercer, USI, Welltok and more make key appointments
The latest hires and promotions inside advisory firms across the nation.
Practice and client management
Alight Solutions looking for white label, brokerage partners
The Aon spinoff has ‘started a number of discussions in the marketplace’ with the country’s largest firms, CEO Chris Michalak says.
Benefit pros on the move: Mercer, USI, Welltok and more make key appointments
The latest hires and promotions inside advisory firms across the nation.
Top 30 employers for women
Benefits including career development programs and paid parental leave are giving these companies the edge, according to a ranking from job reviewing platform Fairygodboss.
A new way to control health cost
Thanks to an internal platform that monitors plan activity and a knack for risk pooling clients such as schools, the Pennsylvania brokerage acts swiftly to adjust health plan strategy
How employers can protect themselves from hacks
Attorneys at law firm EBG discuss the impact of cybersecurity threats, what HR departments should do and the importance of safeguarding benefits information.
Benefits Think Desperately seeking new producers
While there is no guaranteed answer for success, there are certainly ways to positively influence the process, says columnist Wendy Keneipp.
Wendy Keneipp
Q4intelligence
A benefit adviser who delivers financial wisdom
Veltus Financial Services CEO Julie Veltus expanded her consultancy’s focus beyond small businesses to larger firms that also need retirement advice.
Benefits Think Advisers disrupt the benefits market through C-suite action
Small firms win letters of record by speaking the language of the CFO and putting their compensation on the line, explains columnist Nelson Griswold.
9 benefit trends to watch in 2018
Industry experts weigh in on a range of pain points facing employees, such as managing student debt, and the products that are designed to address them.
Bringing a true business perspective to the benefits market
Partner at DCW Group, Bob Gearhart Jr., is seamlessly adapting to the changing role of adviser from product specialist to corporate consultant.
Benefits Think How to develop centers of influence and bring in new clients
Make business development activities a systematic, constructive work habit, and columnist Jack Kwicien says attracting and selling new clients will get that much easier.
Jack Kwicien
Daymark Advisors
Benefits Think NLRB rules that workplace recording prohibitions are unlawful
Recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board have found that “no recording” policies are illegal under the National Labor Relations Act.
Andrew M. MacDonald
Fox Rothschild
9 benefit trends to watch in 2018
Industry experts weigh in on a range of pain points facing employees, such as managing student debt, and the products that are designed to address them.
Benefits Think Join the ‘voluntary’ revolution
Adviser Eric Silverman is on a ‘journey to transform’ the perception of employee-paid benefits.
Eric Silverman
Voluntary Benefits
Carriers bulk up accident plans amid growing competition
New coverages, such as follow-up care and gunshot protection, have more employers offering to pay for the product, as growth doubles year-over-year.
EBA’s Advisers of the Year share what makes them stand out in a crowded market
Keeping benefits local and establishing an active communication chain are just two ways the top brokers achieve success within their positions.
Why brokers have an ‘obligation’ to provide HR tech guidance
With many new industry players, advisers need to come up to speed on product details, panel at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Summit says.
Adviser makes client retention a top priority
NFP’s Sue Donohue is uses employee data to help employers recognize how to attract top talent with the most relevant benefits.
Benefits Think How to keep work-life integration on track this fall
Employers should encourage employees to block out time on their calendars, take time for mental breaks and consciously limit emails at night and on weekends.
Laura Hamill
Limeade